suspicious

suspicious is a 10-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 18 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof.
2. adjective. Indicating suspicion, mistrust, or fear.
3. adjective. Liable to suspicion; adapted to raise suspicion; giving reason to imagine ill; questionable; as, an author of suspicious innovations; suspicious circumstances.
4. adjective. not as expected

   "there was something fishy about the accident"

   "up to some funny business"

   Synonyms: fishy, funny, shady, suspect

5. adjective. openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

   Synonyms: leery, mistrustful, untrusting, wary

Synonyms

fishy, funny, shady, suspect, leery, mistrustful, untrusting, wary

Common word forms

suspiciously, suspiciousness

Words from these letters

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